Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis [...].

6 vol., 24mo (some very light dampstaining).

Contemp. marbled calf, double gilt fillets frame on boards, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, red title-labels, green vol. number labels, red edges. Good set.

Uncommon edition at the false address of Antwerp, published in parallel with a 8vo edition by François Grasset (1723-1789), active in Lausanne from ca. 1758 until his death. "La publication de cette édition de la Vulgate a probablement été décidée lors d’un séjour à Rome [en 1757-58], durant lequel Grasset fut reçu par le pape Benoît XIV, dédicataire de l’ouvrage. La mort de ce dernier en 1758 explique pourquoi cette édition, parue sous l'adresse d'une ville catholique (Anvers) pour sauver les apparences, ne comporte aucune date d'édition" (S. Corsini). According to Corsini, both 8vo and 24mo editions were printed in Basel in 1762 by Niklaus Koelner, but due to financial difficulties, Grasset was unable to recover the copies, sequestered in Basel, before the end of 1763. A 7th volume with the New Testament has been published with its own title for separate distribution.
Ref. Corsini, S. - Biblos 18: Les presses lausannoises au siècle des Lumières. - UniCat (3 copies: KBR, KUL, EHC). - Cp. Bibles imprimées [...] conservées à Paris 1132 (8vo-ed., dated 1757-58), Renier 53 (id., dated ca. 1758). - Not in Darlow & Moule. - Crivelli, Paola - "Grasset, François", in: Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS), 2005 (online).
Prov. Felix De Pachtere (1783-1849), writer and printer-publisher in Bruges (ms. entries dated 1804, with mention in vol. 5: "Lov. S. Theol. studentis", at a time when the university of Leuven had been abolished).